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 * Copyright 2010 Simon Mieth
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 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
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package org.kabeja.parser.xml;



import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

public interface XMLHandler{
	
	
    
	public String getNamespaceHandle();
	
	public String getElementNameHandle();
	
	public String getQNameHandle();
	
	/**
	 * 
	 * @param namespace
	 * @param name
	 * @param attributes
	 * @param parsingContext
	 * @return delegate nested elements
	 * @throws SAXException
	 */
	public boolean startParseElement(String namespace,
			String name, Attributes attributes, ParsingContext parsingContext) throws SAXException ;

	public void endParseElement(String namespace, String name, ParsingContext parsingContext)throws SAXException ;
	
	public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length)
	throws SAXException;
	
	
}
